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Home Information Pack or HIP explained

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Home Information Pack (or HIP as it is better known) is a set of documents that provide necessary information about a property (in England and Wales) put up in the open market for sale.

Also referred to as the 'Seller's Pack', Home Information Pack is essentially a set of documents that the owner of a property will have to produce if he/she intends to sell the property. The Energy Performance Certificate, Sale Statements, local authority searches, title documents, etc. are some of the most important documents included in an HIP.

Possible changes to HIP contents

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I received my copy of Estate Agent magazine at weekend and there was an article on the changes that are to be implemented to HIP's in April. It was mentioned that pack providers who use personal searches rather than local authority searches will no longer be able to rely on insurance to protect from any omissions in the search. It suggested that pack providers will struggle with both low instruction numbers and possibly higher costs.

 I wondered how many DEA's are providing packs to supplement their income and how they think this change may effect them?

Offer Your Own HIP

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Do you offer a full HIP to your customers?

If you don't . . . You are Losing Customers and Money !

I know the above question sounds a bit stupid, doesn't it? That's because we all know that there are hundreds of white label HIP services around (and more will come) that allow anyone to become a HIP provider themselves.

For the ones who don't know, a white label HIP, is a home information pack that you can brand with your own logo and company details. The ones designed for DEAs come without the EPC, therefore you can add your own energy performance certificate and offer a complete HIP to your customers.

New “Easy EPC Quote” widget added

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For the last few days, some of our members have been lucky enough to discover the new “Easy EPC Quote” webform widget. That’s because they’ve already received a  EPC quote request from some local Home Owners from your business listing.

You can find it at www.dealocal.co.uk/epc-quote.htm . However, DON’T test it from there, if you DO … you won’t see the true power of this new exclusive widget … bear with me for a sec.

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